The "Atlas of Lewis and Clark in Missouri" is a splendid re- creation of the natural landscape in the days when a vast western frontier was about to be explored. The Corps of Discovery's expedition began in territorial Missouri, and this book of computer-generated maps opens an extraordinary window onto the rivers, land, and settlement patterns of the period. This book is an intensive examination of the Missouri portion of the expedition through a series of twenty-seven maps developed by combining early-nineteenth-century U.S. General Land Office (GLO) survey documents with narratives of...
The "Atlas of Lewis and Clark in Missouri" is a splendid re- creation of the natural landscape in the days when a vast western frontier was about t...